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POTTER CHOSEN AS INTERIM HEAD COACH AT ST. JOHN FISHER

The Watertown Wizards, proud members of the New York Collegiate Baseball League, are pleased to announce that 2009 field manager Brandon Potter has been named the interim head baseball coach at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, N.Y. Potter replaces former head coach Dan Pepicelli who resigned to become the pitching coach at Clemson University. St. John Fisher is an NCAA Division III school that competes in the Empire 8 conference.

The position is Potter’s first intercollegiate head coaching assignment. The 2004 St. John Fisher graduate has worked previously as an assistant coach at Minnesota State University and Cerro Coso (Calif.) Community College; he also served as a graduate assistant at St. John Fisher under Dan Pepicelli following the conclusion of his collegiate playing career. As a head coach or assistant, Potter has mentored six players chosen in the Major League Baseball draft.

Outside of collegiate baseball, Potter has professional experience in the Triple-A International League. He worked several seasons as the bullpen catcher for the Buffalo Bisons.

Last summer, the Canadaigua, N.Y., native guided the Wizards to a fifth-place finish in the New York Collegiate Baseball League’s Eastern Division. Under Potter’s watch, eight Wizards were selected to participate in NYCBL all-star festivities (more than any other team) and three (Kosuke Hattori, Brant Jones and Neiko Johnson) were named to the NYCBL postseason all-star squad. Hattori, who also played for Potter at Minnesota State, won the Eastern Division batting title and set a franchise single-season record with 57 hits.

Potter was a standout catcher during his playing days. He was an all-region backstop at Finger Lakes Community College in 2001 and then garnered All-Empire 8 accolades at St. John Fisher in 2003 and 2004.

2010 SEASON TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE

The Watertown Wizards, NYCBL attendance leaders since 2004 are pleased to announce season ticket prices for the 2010 NYCBL season at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds.

Season ticket prices are as follows…

General Admission

Family Season Pass - $90.00
Individual Season Pass - $40.00
Youth Season Pass - $20.00

Reserved Seats
Reserved Season Family Pass- $115.00
Reserved Season Ticket (Individual Seat)- $45.00

Family passes under a season ticket plan are limited to five seats.

The Wizards have also announced single-game ticket prices for the 2010 season. Ticket prices are listed below however dates of individual home games will not be known until the New York Collegiate Baseball League releases its’ official 2010 schedule.

Single-Game Tickets
Family Pass- $12.00
Adult Ticket- $5.00
Youth Ticket- $2.00

Family passes purchased for individual Watertown Wizards games (does not include season passes) are good for an unlimited number of family members.

To reserve your seats for the 2010 season or for more information, please call the Watertown Wizards at 315-212-4096.

OVER 170 FORMER NYCBL PLAYERS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL

Over 170 former New York Collegiate Baseball League players competed in professional baseball leagues across the United States, Asia and Europe during the 2009 professional baseball season. The record-setting number of NYCBL alums playing professionally comes on the heels of a June 2009 Major League Baseball entry draft that saw an NYCBL record 42 current and/or former players selected.

Eleven former NYCBL players competed at the Major League level in 2009 with a twelfth currently listed on a 40-man roster. Those players include: Jeremy Accardo (Wellsville ‘02/Toronto), Dallas Braden (Hornell ’03/Oakland), Brett Carroll (Hornell ‘02/Florida), Rajai Davis (Hornell ‘00/Oakland), Brendan Harris (Schenectady ‘99/Minnesota), Tim Hudson (Hornell ‘94/Atlanta), Josh Kinney (Hornell ‘98/St. Louis), Brad Lidge (Ithaca ‘96/Philadelphia), John McDonald (Geneva ‘93/Cohocton), Jason Motte (Rome ‘01/St. Louis) and Hunter Pence (Schenectady ’02/Houston). Casper Wells (Saratoga ‘04/Detroit) spent the summer with Double-A Erie however he is currently assigned to the Detroit Tigers 40-man roster. Lidge, Harris and Motte all made appearances in the 2009 MLB postseason (Lidge pitched in the World Series) while Hunter Pence played in the 2009 MLB All-Star Game.

The Watertown Wizards also set a franchise record with 15 former players on professional rosters. The Purple and Gold had a record-number of five former players taken in the 2009 draft as well. Eight Wizards played in the minor leagues including George Brown (’05), Jordan Kreke (’08), Michael Lyon (’05), Levi Maxwell (’05), Ryan Quigley (’07), Chris Rosenbaum (’04, ’06), Matt Vieira (’06) and Jacob Wiley (’06, ’08). Seven other Wizards played in independent leagues including Matt Davis (’06), Justin Mallett (’02), Vinny Pennell (’05), Michael Schellinger (’05), Jeff Vincent (’04), Nathan Kafka (’09 Asst. Coach) and Stephen Spragg (’02, ’03).

Chris Rosenbaum became the third Wizard to reach the Triple-A level when he was promoted from the High Class-A California League’s Rancho Cucamonga Quakes to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League’s Salt Lake Bees in early July; Rosenbaum would finish the season in Rancho Cucamonga however. Justin Mallett (’02) and Daylan Childress (’00) are the only other two former Wizards that have reached AAA.

Here is a breakdown of the final overall NYCBL numbers at the end of the regular season by level (does not include players who were released during the season who were counted in overall total):

Major League Baseball: 11

Overseas: Three

AAA: Five

AA: Nine

Hi-A: 22

Lo-A: 23

SS-A: 13

SS-R: 22

Independents: 53

Season tickets for the 2010 Watertown Wizards regular season schedule are now on sale. For more information or to purchase tickets please call 315-212-4096.

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